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I am new to this forum and have bought a used 2011 Chevy Cruze 1.4L turbo quite recently. I am a student and being my first vehicle I was super excited. Last month however I noticed rough idling and after some research I found out the PCV hissing noise and sure enough the orange valve was missing. I delayed the repair as I was traveling for a vacation. I returned today after a month and as I tried to unlock the car with the keys nothing happened, I replaced the key battery and got the same result. I unlocked the car manually using the keyhole and there are no lights, no sense or hint of any electrical power inside the car. I try to turn on the car but in vain and the key gets stuck in ignition. I call for roadside assistance and jump started the battery and within seconds the car starts and the technician advises me to drive the car around for 15 mins to charge the battery back up. I drive for close to an hour and noticed that when I was stopping in signals the dash would turn off and turn on as soon the car starts moving forward. After an hour I come back and turn off the car and key still wouldn’t come off the ignition and on trying to turn back on the car dies. I ask for another jump start service and immediately take it to Autozone where the person tells me the alternator is bad since my headlights were dimming and the interior lights were flickering softly. I get back home and with the car running and headlights off I check the battery voltage from the menu and it reads at 14V, next I turned on my headlights and the map lights and the voltage drops to 13.4V and suddenly the car dies and the headlights slowly fades away. I am gutted at this as the car ran fine even with rough idling till the day I left for vacation and am not sure how the alternator could die off without giving any warning
Miles on my car is at 98422K and if the my above post is too long, the core of my post is: Car would not start and no electrical systems turned on. On the first jump start car ran fine for an hour and died as soon as turning the engine off. The 2nd jump start lasted less than 30 mins and the car died again. Any comments or helpful pointers would be greatly appreciated.
I am new to this forum and have bought a used 2011 Chevy Cruze 1.4L turbo quite recently. I am a student and being my first vehicle I was super excited. Last month however I noticed rough idling and after some research I found out the PCV hissing noise and sure enough the orange valve was missing. I delayed the repair as I was traveling for a vacation. I returned today after a month and as I tried to unlock the car with the keys nothing happened, I replaced the key battery and got the same result. I unlocked the car manually using the keyhole and there are no lights, no sense or hint of any electrical power inside the car. I try to turn on the car but in vain and the key gets stuck in ignition. I call for roadside assistance and jump started the battery and within seconds the car starts and the technician advises me to drive the car around for 15 mins to charge the battery back up. I drive for close to an hour and noticed that when I was stopping in signals the dash would turn off and turn on as soon the car starts moving forward. After an hour I come back and turn off the car and key still wouldn’t come off the ignition and on trying to turn back on the car dies. I ask for another jump start service and immediately take it to Autozone where the person tells me the alternator is bad since my headlights were dimming and the interior lights were flickering softly. I get back home and with the car running and headlights off I check the battery voltage from the menu and it reads at 14V, next I turned on my headlights and the map lights and the voltage drops to 13.4V and suddenly the car dies and the headlights slowly fades away. I am gutted at this as the car ran fine even with rough idling till the day I left for vacation and am not sure how the alternator could die off without giving any warning
Miles on my car is at 98422K and if the my above post is too long, the core of my post is: Car would not start and no electrical systems turned on. On the first jump start car ran fine for an hour and died as soon as turning the engine off. The 2nd jump start lasted less than 30 mins and the car died again. Any comments or helpful pointers would be greatly appreciated.